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I think an important question is whether the Sanders supporters will work for and donate to the Clinton campaign. Sanders seems to be trying to build political capital so he can have an influence on the next administration.

NO they will not. Just like Sanders has refused to campaign for down ticket candidates across the country. But, as Hillary supporter I don't think Don Quixote tilting at windmills would help her anyway.

Exactly- primaries are for parties to choose the person they want to run for them. If independents don't like that they should join a party, and not just 24 hours before the primary (allowing them to vote in both primaries when they aren't on the same date.)

Well, one bit of good news, sort of. I voted in NY today and the man in front of me could not vote because he wasn't registered -- as Republican -- and thought he had been for years. Guess he never voted in a Primary before. Just wish he had been Independent so he couldn't have voted for Bernie.

If they want to blame anyone they should blame Bernie for jumping parties for $$$$$$. But they won't do that, they will whine and snivel that unregistered people or people registered to vote in another party aren't allowed to vote in the Democratic Party. They are whining dumbasses and nothing more.

Games indeed! OMG the games they are playing with our voting rights! I don't live in NY but I have many friends who do and MANY of them found themselves "not on the list" to vote when the went to their polling places today. Brooklyn for most of them but also Queens and Manhattan. When they called their board of elections, they were told to accept the affidavit ballot they were offered. Some were told to take a provisional ballot. One said the poll worker didn't know what either of those even were. I do not know who any of them are voting for (it was started on my friend's wall and became a HUGE discussion of voters she knew that I do not know at all) but I know that this is BULLSHIT. My friend and her friends were all long-time residents at the same address, voters, never had issues before. I heard this was going to happen but didn't know if it was just crazy talk. They tried this in Ohio, where I live, but we were able to stop it before our primary. I am SO ANGRY about this. WTH is going on here?

You are too idiotic for words. If they are too lazy to get involved in the political process unless it is jumping on whatever bandwagon tickles their fancy. This rules have been in place for many, many election cycles. But it is clear neither you nor your friends vote regularly or you would know that. Take your entitled outrage elsewhere.

"In New York City, the Board of Elections conceded that tens of thousands of Brooklyn voters had been purged from the voter rolls and residents complained about problems at polling sites across the city. Angered by the news, city officials announced plans to audit the agency and New York Mayor Bill be Blasio said he wanted the problems fixed in time for congressional primaries scheduled in June."

So the Board of Elections is aware of it and looking into why voters were purged. If it also happened in other boroughs, they are probably looking into it there also.

4:54, Fuck you. Seriously. My friend ARE registered for their parties. I just don't ask which. They have voted in every fucking election since they were old enough to vote. Their children vote, too. This is BS. They are not "undeclared" or "independent" I just don't know for sure if they are rep or dem because we don't discuss that stuff. How the hell does that make me an idiot? And in Ohio, btw? You can vote as in independent, and I know that and I voted in the primary as such. I knew my own rights. My daughter will be 18 by the general and as such, in allllll other OH elections she would have been able to vote in the primary. This year? They tried to sneak it away - NOBODY knew about it - either party, I don't think, from what I know - they changed the rules at the end of last year, slipped it through. And ha ha ha it obviously WAS bullshit, since a judge overturned it without HOURS of people bringing it to the court's attention. My daughter was able to vote. :)SO STFU don't call me an idiot. OR lazy. If you knew me you'd be ashamed. Or maybe not, but really, you are the idiot here.

6:33, yes, I did ask that, as I asked why their 18yo daughter was able to vote - she declared her party - and my friend said yes, they were registered as rep or dem. The other friends in the thread said the same thing, they DID know their voting rules but they were denied their votes.

But will he be campaigning for her, like Hillary did for Obama? Will he give any effort and/or campaign funds to have democrats elected in the down ballot elections?I sure hope so - and hope he will get his supporters behind that effort as well!

Sanders says he'll keep campaigning while the money lasts.... so does this mean the frat boys will keep him financial so he can do nothing but troll Hillary Clinton? I doubt it. Pretty soon they're going to want that money for beer.

But when the money runs out Jane Sanders will be happily monetizing all this support for her elderly husband before it's too late. You betcha.

Bernie spent $6.64 million on television and radio to Hillary's $3.93 for the same. New York was a do or die for Bernie. He's flush with cash from all those millions of small donations. He will stay in the race and will go to the convention to win the nomination.

Voted here and there was no line. Breezed right in and out. Lots of complaints from Independents that they couldn't vote. Sorry, not feeling their pain. If you chose not to register in any party, you chose to sit out the primary. Thems the rules.

I live in a heavily Republican part of upstate New York. When I went to vote, there was a medium-sized line in front of the Democratic table where we got our ballots but no line in front of the Republican table. The woman there kept calling out, "Any Republicans? Come over here." But no one stepped over to her table. My guess is that many people could not stand any of the Republican choices and just stayed home.

I grew up in a rural upstate NY county and I was happy to see that the number of dem votes were nearly the same as the number of repub votes. I know that there is a very strong, active group of progressives in the country and a lot of apathetic conservatives.

It's kinda weird, I feel pretty disconnected from this election. I'd be fine with either Hillary or Bernie, although I lean towards Hillary. I simply believe she has the diplomatic experience to make things happen.But if Bernie wins I'd vote for him as well if I could vote.The republicans are an effin mess!!

Everyone now waiting for a speech from Hillary. I guess she's in a back room somewhere brushing up on her best phony New Yawk accent. Cuz you know she was SO proud to be a phony New Yorker back when she was working directly for Wall Street.

What I'm hoping is that since they are finally paying attention and realizing that the fix is in for the two party system of money-grubbers, Independents will gear up, learn the rules, and prepare for the upcoming mid-terms. A tough lesson to learn indeed.

And, no, Bernie should NOT stop campaigning. Hillary didn't in 2008 so neither should Bernie.

Nicolle Wallace and Steve Schmidt, why do they even have any credibility after their behavior in the 2008 election? MSNBC must hire all the political rejects. And Ben Ginsberg? The famous lawyer in Bush v Gore? It's as bad as Fox.

Even more exciting news for Bernie supporters! Delegate count has Bernie only 19 votes behind Hill (NOTE: Take out the super democratic votes as those don't take effect until the conference.) So this thing is FAR from over!!!

This is the pledged delegate counts: Hillary 1869 and Bernie 1174. I don't think those numbers contain superdelegate numbers, Superfan, but I could be wrong. Could you tell me where you got your information that Bernie is 19 behind Hillary so I can read and educate myself? Thank you.

Hillary is a tough cookie. But if she gets in the race opposite the Donald, I am afraid she will let him drag her down to his level. He has this little knack for making you start talking about his junk. I swear the whole Republican campaign it was about his parts. The bully from my nightmares is about to run our country. Hillary don't let us down.

7:21 you sound like the mentally challenged people who chant "Sarah Palin will not let us down. Sarah is solid as a rock. A brilliant rock."It's pathetic and embarrassing for Ameridumbs how they idolize their politicians. That's why the rest of the world thinks you're all fat drooling idiots.

See Bernie, you shouldn't have flown to Rome to give your 15 minute speech. Why didn't you give your speech by videoconferencing your speech? Look at all those young people's money you wasted chartering that 767 to fly 40 to 50 people and your 4 grandchildren to Rome? A jet that holds way over 200 people, why didn't you take 150 more of your Socialist friends with you, you selfish bastard.

The woman is delusional. She just started her speech with "Today you proved once again there's no place like home". Why does she keep insisting she is a New Yorker? Nothing could be further from the truth. She was born in Chicago, went to Yale and then went to live with the hillbillies in Arkansas. I guess when Wall Street lines your pockets with millions that's where you call "home". What a fraud!

Bernie Sanders’ campaign spent around $5.8 million trying to win New York.

Bernie how are you going to tell 215,000 college potheads and college drunks you just wasted their $27.00 in New York?

How do you tell 14,814 young college drunks you wasted their $27.00 keg money to speak for 10 minutes in Rome and 5 minutes to shake Pope Francis's hand when you should have stayed in New York campaigning?

6:39pmI don't know if you saw Samantha Bee last night but she had a group of Bernie supporters on and most of them were old, over and a few over 50 or even older. Your characterization of Bernie voters is nothing but a false stereotype.

And how many college students get involved in politics, much less vote? Hello, my 6 years in school I couldn't have cared less who was running or even when elections were held, voting was for old people. My cousins, who are now in college, are the same, no interest, no knowledge, and definitely not registered to vote. That's not what college is for.

I was very involved in elections and politics when I was in college and so were many of my friends. Maybe that's an exception to the rule. I will encourage my kids to get involved when they were in college, just like may parents did with me and their parents did with them.

If Hillary would say something in theline of "campaigns are difficult, and evenmore difficult running against someonethat you admire and have respect for." If she said that, and if she got thenomination, I bet many of Berni'sside would be there for her. Anyway. something along those lines.

You're wrong, 8:09. Most of them will because they aren't nihilists who'd rather see the country burn. When Clinton is elected you can thank us for your continued civil and reproductive rights (but you won't; you'll just reap the benefits and complain).

I don't know, my parents are voting for Trump and I almost think I might too, listening to NPR tonight there was a commentator that said either Trump or Bernie would be a great way to blow up the old two party system and start from scratch, and I wholeheartedly agree.

Not really. Bernie spent an insane amount of money on ads and huge rallies, campaigned heavily, did every desperate thing he could, stalked the Pope at his house, and he STILL got his ass kicked. Put a fork in him.

Nah. I heard Van Jones say, on CNN, that if Bernie could not attract the African-American vote after Danny Glover, Harry Belafonte, Spike Lee, and Rosario Dawson, then the campaign had to recognize that Sanders is mainly just a white campaign. So: that's what tonight illustrated. That burns Ole Bern.

Bernie will drop out soon because Baby Jane wants all that campaign cash to live on. I also suspect he will not run again for the Senate in the end, once he has his flush fund in place. Staying in only takes takes $$$$ away from him personally since he can do whatever he wants with the leftover funds.

Anon 7:16P I think what's fascinating to me is that after being an elected Senator twice and living in NY for 16 years that registered Democrats would even give Bernie the time of day.

Anon 7:18PNo, I wasn't. My point is that Sanders kept the race close enough that the input of another party would have changed the outcome more to his favor and narrowed her lead. Again, according to the graphic image, it looks like the entire state of NY wanted someone else.

Anon 7:19Pre: CNN/Van Jones - Seeing as though African Americans only make up about 13-17% of the population, the remaining 83-87% of the population (races and nationalities) spoke up and said they preferred Sanders to Clinton.

Anon 7:21PI think the people that cast their vote for Bernie wanted to symbolically show their appreciation for another candidate that they relate to. That's the win. Remember, going in, Bernie wasn't even supposed to resonate with ANYBODY -- regardless of whether he outspent or not. That means he introduced an alternative to Clinton that appealed to New Yorkers. Now she knows without a doubt that she's got a lot more work to do to win their vote.

Anon 7:24PIf Bernie outspending Hillary is all it took to reduce her homegirl creds in her own backyard, then Hill's got bigger problems. Independents should help choose the Democratic part's nominee because the DNC said they could. Take that issue up with them not out on Independent voters. Hint: Follow the money!

What are you even talking about Superfan? This was a big loss for Bernie, even if he predicted it, even if it wasn't as big as he predicted. He's a boy from Brooklyn and he lost big in NYC, one of the bluest parts of one of the bluest states. His stats among NY African Americans and Latinos are pitiful.

As expected, the money/Wall Street Towns of New York voted for Clinton. What I was not expecting to see was how close the races were and how overwhelmingly registered Democrats voted for Bernie. So much for that "true" Democrat argument. He's proven in Clinton's own backyard that people appreciate having a choice.

No, I mean it, our entire family is voting for Trump and I'll join them if Sander's doesn't get the nod (I'm the lone Independent in a family of old-school Republicans). My patriarchal great grandfather and grandfather were Republican House members from my home state, so most of the family follows in that tradition.

The visual alone on the election graphic is remarkable. It look as if the majority of the state of New York overwhelmingly chose Bernie over Hillary. Fortunately for Team Hill, all the money and votes were in her favor.

Well, you can't talk about putting Wall Street out of business and then expect them to vote for you too. Doesn't make sense. I'm hoping he went in with the expectation that the money towns were not going to vote for him.

Oh he will quit before the primary, he isn't going to spend $$$$$ that will be his in the end to spend on whatever follies he chooses to go on with Jane. If he eats up his campaign fund he won't have his free pile of OPM to live off of.

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